Jail

A December 2011 report by the U.S. Office of Special Education Programs strongly supports the notion that juvenile offenders, both with and without disabilities, are significantly more likely to experience successful re-entry into their home schools and communities if appropriate programs and supports are in place.

SAN DIEGO -- Elected officials are demanding answers after Daniel Chong, a 23-year-old UC San Diego student, was left unattended for five days in a Drug Enforcement Administration detention cell.

SAN DIEGO -- A college student who was forgotten by federal drug agents and left in a holding cell for five days without food, water or access to a toilet says that he drank his own urine to survive.

SANFORD, Fla. — The man who fatally shot 17-year-old Trayvon Martin is said to be losing weight and suffering from high levels of stress from the intense public scrutiny he is under, his former lawyers said. Meanwhile, a special prosecutor said she will soon make an announcement in the case.

OGDEN -- A woman tried to strangle herself with her thong as she was being booked into jail, according to the Weber County Sheriff's Office.

DUSCHESNE -- The defense attorney for an eastern Utah Mormon bishop accused of failing to report a teen girl's disclosure of sex abuse says it would be unconstitutional to release his mug shot.

SALT LAKE CITY -- Salt Lake County is paying $144,000 to settle a federal lawsuit with the family of a 19-year-old Magna man who starved to death last year in the county's jail.